Hyderabad brought back Sammy, thrusting him into captaincy and dropped Moises Henriques while KKR are unchanged.
Teams:
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Darren Sammy (C), Aaron Finch, Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, David Warner, Irfan Pathan, Naman Ojha, Karn Sharma, Dale Steyn, Amit Mishra and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir (C), Robin Uthappa, Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, Ryan ten Doeschate, Suryakumar Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Morne Morkel, Umesh Yadav and Sunil Narine.